This Year, a Third of the Car Brands Sold in Australia Will Be Chinese-Owned: Report

This comes as the Chinese Communist Party continues to dump EVs in overseas markets to address its industrial overcapacity problem.

A dealership promotion for Chinese EV brand, Leapmotor, in Brisbane, Australia on May 31, 2025. Daniel Y. Teng/The Epoch Times

It’s not unusual to drive through Australia’s major cities only to see rows of once-unfamiliar Chinese brands—BYD, Deepal and GWM—line parking lots where Japanese and European brands once dominated.

This trend is the manifestation of China’s continuing push down under, particularly taking advantage of the net zero transition and the country’s easy tariff settings.